Table 11_1_12-3
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
| 2008 | 2006 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 79.6 | 0.2 | 72.6 | 0.2 |
| Alabama | 79.8 | 1.5 | 68.5 | 2.0 |
| Alaska | 84.5 | 3.5 | 83.3 | 3.2 |
| Arizona | 79.3 | 1.7 | 69.5 | 2.3 |
| Arkansas | 87.9 | 1.0 | 81.8 | 1.4 |
| California | 75.2 | 0.8 | 67.0 | 0.9 |
| Colorado | 72.4 | 1.8 | 76.2 | 1.7 |
| Connecticut | 74.2 | 1.3 | 68.9 | 1.4 |
| Delaware | 83.5 | 2.7 | 80.5 | 3.1 |
| District of Columbia | 69.1 | 7.5 | 59.3 | 6.7 |
| Florida | 71.8 | 0.9 | 60.8 | 1.1 |
| Georgia | 86.0 | 0.8 | 73.0 | 1.4 |
| Hawaii | 81.2 | 3.2 | 80.7 | 2.7 |
| Idaho | 80.1 | 1.9 | 73.3 | 2.9 |
| Illinois | 74.3 | 1.0 | 68.2 | 1.2 |
| Indiana | 76.7 | 1.0 | 69.8 | 1.2 |
| Iowa | 86.7 | 0.9 | 84.8 | 1.0 |
| Kansas | 81.9 | 1.3 | 79.2 | 1.4 |
| Kentucky | 85.6 | 0.9 | 80.1 | 1.2 |
| Louisiana | 79.2 | 1.2 | 71.8 | 1.4 |
| Maine | 81.8 | 1.9 | 77.0 | 1.9 |
| Maryland | 75.1 | 1.5 | 68.2 | 1.8 |
| Massachusetts | 82.2 | 0.7 | 73.5 | 1.0 |
| Michigan | 78.9 | 1.1 | 74.3 | 1.3 |
| Minnesota | 85.3 | 0.7 | 79.9 | 1.0 |
| Mississippi | 82.7 | 1.5 | 70.1 | 2.2 |
| Missouri | 81.8 | 0.9 | 74.0 | 1.2 |
| Montana | 80.0 | 2.5 | 79.8 | 2.8 |
| Nebraska | 84.6 | 1.4 | 80.9 | 1.7 |
| Nevada | 67.7 | 4.2 | 63.5 | 4.0 |
| New Hampshire | 85.5 | 1.4 | 76.9 | 1.9 |
| New Jersey | 84.6 | 0.9 | 81.7 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 63.0 | 4.1 | 65.0 | 3.6 |
| New York | 84.0 | 0.6 | 80.0 | 0.6 |
| North Carolina | 79.6 | 0.9 | 68.7 | 1.2 |
| North Dakota | 89.3 | 1.4 | 87.8 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 77.5 | 0.8 | 65.8 | 1.0 |
| Oklahoma | 83.9 | 1.2 | 77.3 | 1.6 |
| Oregon | 69.3 | 2.4 | 64.2 | 2.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 80.1 | 0.8 | 75.9 | 0.8 |
| Rhode Island | 81.7 | 1.9 | 80.0 | 2.2 |
| South Carolina | 83.3 | 1.3 | 74.8 | 1.8 |
| South Dakota | 84.2 | 1.7 | 83.7 | 1.7 |
| Tennessee | 78.7 | 1.2 | 69.7 | 1.4 |
| Texas | 81.6 | 0.6 | 74.2 | 0.9 |
| Utah | 82.8 | 2.3 | 78.5 | 2.6 |
| Vermont | 80.9 | 2.4 | 74.3 | 4.2 |
| Virginia | 74.2 | 1.3 | 63.5 | 1.5 |
| Washington | 74.3 | 1.4 | 70.9 | 1.4 |
| West Virginia | 81.9 | 1.7 | 77.6 | 2.2 |
| Wisconsin | 86.2 | 0.6 | 82.0 | 0.8 |
| Wyoming | 77.9 | 4.5 | 79.6 | 3.7 |
a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp, reflecting care for the last completed flu season (October-March). Facilities with fewer than 20 residents were excluded.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.
Current as of March 2010
Internet Citation: Table 11_1_12-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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